Text Notification/Report #1

[verinumeri]

Attention: Hadriel Residents
Subject: Additional Phone Applications

Please find attached two additional applications for the phones:

[1] Clock. I have spent the last 26 days timing the light intensify and de-intensify periods. Despite the imprecision of my tools (and the impediment of the fog for that period), I am 92.58% confident that the current settings are accurate. I observed 17 hours of light, 7 of dark. The light intensifies and de-intensifies at apparently the same time each day. The days are not getting longer or shorter, which is perhaps unsurprising, given the light does not imitate the movements of the/a sun. As such, I have set the clock such that light intensify ('sunrise') begins at 04:30 and light de-intensify ('sunset') begins at 21:30. I will continue to monitor and make updates as necessary.
Other features: Timer, Stopwatch, Alarm.

[2] Pedometer. The hardware of these phones contains composite sensors enabling step detection and counting, as reliant on the accelerometer. This 'app' when active will do as its title suggests: count your steps. It will also calculate distance traveled. That feature has been less accurate in testing, but suffices for an approximation. You may reset and/or save a record of both as you like. If you download the clock, it will reset each day at 00:00 and keep a record of the previous day's activity, with the number of days stored theoretically limitless.

Both applications permit user choice between constant background service and activity on selection alone. Obviously I recommend the former for the clock in particular, but it will sync via the network upon opening should you choose the latter and close then open it.

Final notes: If you have no use for either or both, then do not download them. There is no need to comment to that effect.

Admittedly, the daily reset and recording of steps and distance may be especially frivolous. I doubt any of you are on a fitness track. I added it because such applications tend to have that feature and for organization's sake. You may also turn that off. If for whatever daft reason you want that, but not the clock, too bad. I could do it, but at that point, you might as well download the clock.

Please do comment if you have any serious suggestions.

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[ ooc: Posts/permissions re: clock app (note certain idiosyncrasies re: the alarm and time format), pedometer ]

Comments

[voice]

[synthedick]

Has anyone ever told you you're brilliant, Doc?

[voice]

[verinumeri]

[ He prefers to keep everything text on the network, but he's startled into replying by voice. ]

Er, not recently. That's kind. It wasn't much. Mostly an awful lot of tedious squinting.

[whichend]

What is a fitness?

[verinumeri]

Colloquially, a word that serves as a synonym for physical health. Some use applications like that one as a 'fitness app', to track how active they are. Usually the application would also calculate how many calories the individual had burned by walking a certain number of steps or distance.

[text]

[thechoiceisyours]

You already know I think these are awesome.

I did have an idea for when you get the compass working; you already mentioned using the compass and pedometer together, but could you actually connect them so that direction is recorded in the pedometer's daily log? It might be really useful to have written down what directions you went when, especially for people who go into the caves.

[And though using the compass alone could help guide you in a general direction, if you end up lost in winding passages it's more important to be able to retrace steps.]

[text]

[verinumeri]

[ ! Run: pleasant surprise. No, it's not surprising that Mr. Chris would have a good idea, only that he hadn't thought of it. ]

Brilliant idea. That ought to be possible. It should also be possible to record it in the manual logs, a live tracking.

[ So to retrace at the time as well. ]

If the compass behaves, I'll release an update for the pedometer alongside it.

[Video]

[mismanagement]

[Maketh looks genuinely pleased.]

Well done, sir. Those will be useful when it comes to mapping and collecting date.

[Video]

[verinumeri]

[ Again, despite his preference for text -- it's Miss Maketh. ]

Thank you. I certainly hope so.

text;

[dedikated]

Can the alarms be changed? [ guess who tested your default noises, hermann. :| it certainly isn't her cup of tea. ]

text;

[verinumeri]

[ Oh.

Oops.

One would think Newton would have mentioned it. ]

The answer to that is technically yes, if you're able to edit the code.

voice

[fortunefavored]

I have a question. If my boyfriend obsessively keeps track of time for me, do I really need these apps?

[of course he already has them. He's just being a little shit.]

DELIBERATE TEXT

[verinumeri]

There must be a way to delete voice comments. Delete yours.

text from literally across the room

[skelebro]

that's pretty good. not super handy for someone who spends most of his time doing absolutely nothing, but it's a nice thought.

deliberate text in response

[verinumeri]

[ My God.

It's Comic Sans.

...No.

Mr. Sans.

Comic Sans.

No. ]

Please see the first two sentences under Final notes.

text.

[smited]

I'm not sure what use this 'pedometer' will be, but thank you for the clock. I am sure it will be helpful for many of us.

text.

[verinumeri]

Ideally, it may be of some use in the tunnels. Perhaps not as much in its current version. Regardless, you're welcome. I hope it is.

Voice

[prespangled]

This is something. I think I'll actually be using the pedometer, so thanks for that.

Voice

[verinumeri]

Jolly good. You're quite welcome, Mr. Rogers. If you have any suggestions after using it, do let me know.

TEXT

[stepford_smiler]

Thank you for this, Doctor. This will be really useful for the clinic.

TEXT

[verinumeri]

[ He's perhaps too pleased to see that. These days, however, it's less to do with smug gratification. ]

You are welcome, Mr. Cho, though if it can be useful there, that would be thanks enough.

text;

[keep_smiling]

I never thought I'd be so glad to see a clock again. Thank you for your work! (｡･w･｡)ﾉ♡

text;

[verinumeri]

We're of like minds. I confess I couldn't bear not having it, if I could help it. You're quite welcome.

world's dumbest text(s)

[inappropriatelaughter]

Whats the point of counting stpes

world's most dickish text(s)

[verinumeri]

[ being difficult because of a certain SOMETHING which was mostly his own fault. ]

I wouldn't know. I don't know what a stpe is.

text

[64th]

can i see how many steps other people take?

text

[verinumeri]

Not at the moment. How do you mean, exactly? I could enable saving the logs as files that could then be sent along via text message. Alternatively, apps like these have had social components that enabled one to look at logged activity of their 'friends' on the app.